He said it was to facilitate the control operations and allow speedier recovery from the epidemic.

“We hope the state government would be able to quickly declare the state as disease free to enable farmers to resume their activities,” he told reporters.

He said this after attending the opening by Regent of Kelantan Tengku Dr Muhammad Faiz Petra, of the fifth meeting of the 13th session of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly at Complex Kota Darul Naim here today.

The Kelantan state government on March 15 declared the outbreak as a ‘state disaster’. — Bernama